Content Recap:

Hypotheses: States what you believe is true. It is a precise and testable statement of the relationship between two variables. It is a statement, not a question or a prediction.

Directional Hypothesis: States the direction of the predicted difference between two conditions or two groups of people in a precise and operationalised way. Also known (for statistical tests) as a one tailed hypothesis. E.g. “Participants whoIV (a)willstate how the DV will differcompared to participants whoIV (b) ”

Non-Directional Hypothesis: States that there is a predicted difference between two conditions or two groups of people in a precise and operationalised way without stating what that difference will be. Also known (for statistical tests) as a two tailed hypothesis. E.g.“There will be a difference inDV performancebetweenIV (a)andIV (b)”

If you would like to access PsychoPepper’s Gloassary of Terms please click here

Homework:

Study Notes (TBC):

If you would like to download a set of study notes for this lesson, you can do so here. If you would like access to the original word file please tweet @psychopepper

TEXTBOOKS OR EXTRA READING:

I would suggest that you have a copy of one of the textbooks which will allow you to read around the subject matter, pre-read ahead of lessons or even take extra notes/practise questions afterwards. I would recommend the following (you do not need to replicate books, one of each type is plenty!)